Blood tax

Chapter 62 Don't be afraid, I'm coming

The boy who defeated that man fell on his back to the ground recklessly, with blood gushing from the wound on his chest.

Are you done?Get it done!No matter what kind of monster he is, his body should only be a freshman in the first-year magic department.

I can't be careless, I don't know what trump cards he has... Griffith crawled on the ground with his ears on the ground, listening to whether Aaron, who was not far away, still had a heartbeat.

He heard nothing.

But don't be careless.Aaron is possessed by some terrifying being, and may even have transformed into some unspeakable being.

In addition to corrupting the user's mind and eroding his body, black magic can often greatly enhance vitality, quickly heal wounds with an inhuman power, and even maintain immortality under fatal wounds.It was the same type of power that Griffith got from the fallen vampire baron.

"I only have the last rune left, I can't waste it, I have to cut his head off!" Griffith took out Karius' axe, approached Aaron, and chopped it towards his throat.

"clang!"

The blade of the axe hit the ground hard, sending a spark.Under Griffith's horrified eyes, Aaron, who should have been mortally wounded, flew up and avoided the axe blade that slashed at his throat.

No, no, he didn't fly by himself!A mature and beautiful blond woman appeared behind Aaron. Her appearance was somewhat similar to Aaron's. Her figure was illusory, but she easily picked up the unconscious Aaron.

What is this! ?Ghost?
The blond woman was beautiful and vigorous, but her brows were filled with dignified hatred and determination.Without saying a word, she threw her fist at the apprentice knight's head.

"Frozen - Nova!" Griffith's horrified hair stood on end, screaming wildly at this incomprehensible scene.

The powerful power of the rune was activated in an instant, and an extremely cold ice storm roared towards the woman who was close at hand!
Not only did the extremely cold ice energy not touch the ethereal woman, but it was dispelled by a thunderous uppercut, which did not act as a block at all.

what!How can it be, it is magic free! ?
"Bah!"

Griffith was hit hard on the forehead.He even heard the cracking of his helmet and his own skull, and flew off to one side until he hit the steps and tumbled.

Aaron has woken up from the coma, the corners of his grim mouth are slightly raised, "You should be proud of yourself for being able to push me to this level, bug!"

It hurts... ah, disgusting, nauseating... Griffith's mouth was bitter, and the pain and dizziness spewed out of his head.His helmet didn't know where to fly, and his body was struggling desperately to escape like a fish that came ashore.

why! ?Why didn't he die!Hey, no, it doesn't matter if you die or not, where did this ghostly woman come from?Ah, my head hurts!

Aaron, like an uncrowned king, walked towards Griffith unhurriedly.The glamorous ghost woman floated beside him like a shadow.

Run!This is not an enemy I can defeat, I can't even understand.Griffith struggled desperately.

But my feet, my feet can't stand up!After injuring the brain, is it so difficult to even move?
Griffith began to vomit violently, and no matter how hard he tried, he was just dragging his body along the steps, completely losing sensation in his feet.

Aaron wiped the blood on his chest and watched the apprentice knight struggle with a contemptuous smile.Suddenly, Griffith endured a severe headache and tried his best to condense new runes, freezing ice around him and behind him.The runic energy efficiently fulfilled his orders.Aaron took a few steps to find his feet frozen on the icy ground.

"Huh? Is this the trick again?"

"Ha~ Ha!" Griffith desperately climbed a few steps, pulling the distance from Aaron little by little.The fallen bloodline Beyonder characteristics in his body are surging desperately, trying his best to heal the wound on his head.

"The body is so sluggish! Come on, just, just get there! Just get there!" Griffith felt his head spurting blood, and the viscous liquid had smeared half of his face.

"The body is still quite honest, Griffith, in the end, he climbed to the front of the teleportation mirror," Aaron has come to his side, "Take out the sage stone from the mirror, I can reduce your pain."

Griffith gasped, looking up at Aaron, struggling to press his hand against the mirror.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

The despairing apprentice knight suddenly burst into laughter, his torn cheeks revealing his bones and teeth, and the frenzied smile made even the most rotten mutant creatures shudder.

"Crazy?" Aaron spat in disgust, "Useless thing, lost all sanity?"

"Hahahaha!" Griffith continued to laugh wildly,
"Okay, Aaron, I'll take it out!
"What's taken out of this telescopic mirror is,"

Aaron was stunned. He saw a cloud of thick ink-like smoke appearing in the mirror, spinning and condensing rapidly, and something huge was rushing out of the mirror.He couldn't help but take a step back, but it was too late.

"What was taken out of this teleportation mirror was,

“Speed ​​Wagon!!!!!!!”

"What—" Aaron was shocked, and wanted to turn around and run away.The blond woman beside him also rushed forward and smashed her fist at the racing carriage to protect him.

However, the huge horseless racing wagon had passed over the head of Griffith, who was lying on the ground, and smashed it towards Aaron.Griffith, whose head had just stopped bleeding, screamed:

"It's too late, Aaron! It's impossible for you to escape!!! Crushing you to death!"

"boom--!"

A huge crash filled the entire hall. The carriage slammed into Aaron unstoppably, dragging a long trail of blood on the ground. Even the solid walls and pillars of unknown material trembled with a roar.

It took a while for the loud noise and flying debris to subside.

"It's done, it's finally done!"

Griffith, who had barely recovered from some injuries, got up and stepped on the already twisted and flattened racing carriage, cold sweat mixed with blood and water.
"Aaron, who merged with a strange existence, actually died under my hands. The sage's stone he pursued, hum, will soon be mine...

"Hmph, hahaha, I didn't expect this adventure to end with such a result!
"With the Sage's Stone, I will gain the powerful power that even that person covets, and at that time,
"Sage's stone, magic-breaking properties, hahaha, hahaha, and rune spells—!
"Hahahahaha! Now I have nothing to fear!"

Griffith laughed wildly for a while, shaking all over.

"By the way, we need to confirm Aaron's corpse and Beyonder characteristics to see if there are any secrets! His memory is a priceless treasure."

Griffith stopped smiling, bowed his head and was about to take a step.but……

This, what is going on, the body is so sluggish.

No, it's not dull, it's inability to move!The body can't move at all!

Ah, what is that! ?

An illusory shadow emerged from under the wrecked racing wagon, assembling like a puzzle, forming the phantom of a complete Mercedes-Benz racing wagon, locked onto Griffith and roared.

This is, damage rebound——!Griffith understood in an instant.

"boom!"

Griffith was hit hard by the shadow of the illusory racing carriage and flew out, the bones and internal organs of his whole body rang like a carnival.

On the eve of his coma, he saw an injured Aaron floating from under the wreckage of a racing wagon.His body was wrapped in a golden eggshell-like light, slowly rising, and then disappearing into the air.

Could this be Aaron's shelter, no wonder, no wonder he could escape from that man.The powerful guardian spirit, the protection of the transfer in the dying state, even has the ability to rebound damage!

Griffith was fractured and passed out.

……

I don't know how long it took before Griffith woke up from the coma and struggled to get up.

Run!I don't care about the sage's stone.How can I easily get something that Aaron is afraid to take directly!

Griffith, who was barely recovering from the serious injury, poured the healing potion and fled desperately.

Exhaustion, hunger and chills attacked his body.After a long battle, blood loss, and a long delay after being seriously injured by the carriage, the chaotic and ubiquitous ravings and corrosion have turned his ears into a terrifying whistle.

I should be losing my sanity, is it too late?is there time?I should have mutated into a chaotic monster.Even if I escape alive, how many living qualities can I maintain?

Cold despair swept through Griffith's body.The fear and sense of crisis in my heart are getting stronger and stronger.He turned into a blood bat storm and escaped the mutant creatures gathered on the platform outside the tunnel, and ran wildly towards the forest according to the map.

However, his body seemed to be entangled with invisible threads, and some existence in the darkness had already stared at him.

Griffith has been in the Whispering Wood too long!The smell of living flesh and blood on his body has been detected by many monsters.Like a steak sprinkled with black pepper that has wandered around the table all night, even the dullest eater should have noticed him.

After a series of fights and repeated serious injuries, even Shutoral's steely will and the powerful self-healing characteristics of the blood clan were on the verge of collapse.

Griffith, who relied on his powerful self-healing ability to recover some injuries, ran and looked back at the ruins shrouded in black clouds from time to time.There must be many secrets and wealth hidden there, and even the clues of the Sage's Stone are in front of you.But Griffith had lost all will to fight, panicked and fled towards the outside of the forest like a bereaved dog.

It was probably the continuous fighting that wiped out a lot of mutant creatures on the edge of the Whispering Forest, and Griffith managed to escape to the edge of the woodland this time.

His armor was completely thrown away, his clothes were tattered, his blood froze again and again, and there was nothing on his body that was not cold and painful, and he limped out of the forest.

Suddenly, he saw many illusory black shadows, they came out of nowhere, gathered into a huge indescribable monster and chased after them.The whispering in his ear has reached the level of whistling, and even the field of vision is only a bloody curtain mixed with beige.

The mutated creatures chasing him were getting closer and closer, and Griffith could already feel that they were mobilizing chaotic and evil magic to prepare for a shot.

Haven't arrived yet?Haven't been outside yet?
Suddenly, two soldiers in iron armor appeared not far away. They held torches and found the apprentice knight on the run.

"Quick! Come here, we're here to save you!" The rescuer shouted at Griffith, waving his arms.

Griffith burst into ecstasy, and his footsteps could not help speeding up a little, and at the same time shouted to the soldiers: "There are mutant creatures behind me, ready to fight!"

"Quick! Come here, we're here to save you!" the rescuer shouted to Griffith, opening his arms to meet him.

Griffith suddenly turned in a different direction and started running the other way.

A strange feeling filled his heart, there was no joy in being rescued at all, only more intense fear.As Griffith ran, he turned back and shouted at them, "Number! Which part of you!?"

"Quick! Come here, we're here to save you!" The rescuer waved his arms enthusiastically, and repeated the words just now and shouted to him.

The human words fell in his ears, and Griffith only felt a chill down his spine and his hair standing on end.These soldiers didn't even have the identification of the unit they belonged to, and their words just repeated that sentence over and over again.

Such a realistic phantom!Behind their warm arms and broad shoulders, there is something terrifying hidden.

"Quick! Come here, we're here to save you!"

Suddenly, the voice was behind, and the two soldiers seemed to whisper in their ears, "Why are you running?"

Griffith was scared out of his wits.

Instead of being thrown away, the phantoms from the mutant creatures got closer.

It's over, it's overtaken!
Just then, a faint light appeared in the dark forest.Although the morning sun has not yet risen, the sky is already dimly lit.At the end of the almost endless darkness, a familiar feeling caressed the battered soul of the apprentice knight.

"Griffith!"

Wearing a silver breastplate and wearing a laurel crown, Galadia appeared on the high ground not far away.She took up the longbow in Griffith's direction, like a golden phoenix spreading its wings between her hands.

"A spell to attack the military range, the shelling form unfolds, the countdown is activated,

"Additional prayer reinforcement."

The elf's long hair fluttered in the air, and the singing seemed to be ready, and the layers of magic circles were revolving around her with astonishing momentum.Blue, green and golden ball lightning loomed beside her.The arrow of Adamantine pointed directly in the direction of Griffith, and the little rays of light gathered into a dazzling starlight.

"Eternal light that bestows good shelter,

"The guardian of nature and balance,
"The guide of the endless journey,
"I identify that the arrows are directed towards the enemy of the starlight."

In the far north night sky, there is a star with irresistible coercion and power, echoing the elf's prayer.

Galadia's eyes became as pure as the loss of emotion, as if walking on the ground in the form of an unspeakable existence and will, the air, light and dust were suddenly stilled, and she listened to her bright and direct soul with fear and reverence. pray:

"Aiya Erendil Elenion Ancalima! (Hail to the brightest star, Erendil!)"

A chaotic and ferocious roar came from behind Griffith.The soldier's vision disappeared in the blink of an eye, replaced by the overwhelming twisted breath that was grabbing the apprentice knight's shoulder with their tentacles.

The air is suddenly compressed.Sound and light were instantly deprived, as if a black hole swallowed everything.Immediately afterwards, pure radiance bloomed, roaring through Griffith's body to the darkness.

The mutant monsters who were still using all kinds of vicious ravings to curse and cast spells fell backwards in unison, and the unstoppable silver light swept them away. No matter how strong or weak, crazy or evil, they all vanished in the bright light.

The indescribable scream and the roar that swept the earth merged together, and the forest stubbornly occupied by darkness was purified by this light to make a smooth path.The darkness, poisonous insects and twisted plants entrenched here retreated in a panic.

With the elimination of the shadow monster, Griffith's panic and despair were swept away, the whistling babble disappeared in an instant, and the world returned to its normal color.He stood dazedly on the quiet grass, watching the elf girl lightly approach him.

hallucinations?Is this an illusion?

"Don't be afraid, Griffith," Galadia put away her radiant longbow, supported the apprentice knight's body covered in blood and dirt, and tilted her head at him.

The pure and majestic eyes that had just swept through the darkness turned into concern and joy, and a sweet smile bloomed at the corners of his mouth.The silver morning light of dawn descended on the corrupted forest, and sprinkled on Griffith's shoulders, and the comfortable cool breeze caressed the battered heart with its faint fragrance.

The long, unending battle finally vanished with the long darkness, the endless filth, and the whole world became brighter.

"I'm coming!"

　The final chapter of the first volume will be released in the early hours of tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)